The Chrysalis
May 01, 2020 | IMDB 5.5
9 min Watch NowHorror
A young man moves in with his mother, a retired entomologist, to assist her battle with dementia. His stay quickly descends into a nightmare as his mother's aggression and strange behavior gives light to something more insidious at play.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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The Looming
Destination: Infestation
Dementia
Compound Fracture
Sator
Sundowning
Sleep Has His House
Hammer of the Witches
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